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Hi,
This is hardly about meteorites, but... While
the medieval artists probably worked in relative
ignorance of the true appearances of ancient
times, that becomes less and less true as time
goes by. Van Leyden certainly knew
Martin,
You're absolutely right about the symbolism in the painting. Van Leyden was
not a medieval painter, he was a Northern Renaissance painter. The
Medievals did almost exclusively sacred works, altar pieces, illuminated
manuscripts, etc. Mainly because the Church was the only patron
Hi Martin,
You sent this message under another thread but I've been thinking about this
image ever since. I found the artist is Lucas Van Leyden and painted in the
1500's, but I'm wondering what is going on. Looks like a town or fort is being
bombarded but the man in the foreground doesn't
is being
seduced by his own daughters.
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Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Martin, explanation please.
Hi Martin,
You sent this message under another thread
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Lot and his daughters flee the burning city of Sodom (background). Now that
their mother has been turned into a pillar of salt, the daughters consider
it their duty to ensure that Lot has male descendants. Here they are seen
The more I think of this painting the less I'm liking it. Why? If I remember
some of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife turned around, viewed the
destroyed city and then turned into a piller. This painting shows the
bombardment and at the same Lot's daughters are already underway in
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:52:33 -0700, you wrote:
The more I think of this painting the less I'm liking it. Why?
If I remember some of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Lot's wife turned around, viewed the destroyed city and then
turned into a piller. This painting shows the bombardment
and at
: Friday, July 17, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Martin, explanation please.
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:52:33 -0700, you wrote:
The more I think of this painting the less I'm liking it. Why?
If I remember some of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Lot's wife turned around, viewed
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Martin, explanation please.
Hi,
This is hardly about meteorites, but... While
the medieval artists probably worked in relative
ignorance of the true appearances of ancient
times, that becomes less and less true as time
goes by. Van
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